Man Utd have lost only two of 12 games since Michael Carrick's return the club
Bruno Fernandes has provided a Premier League-high 18 assists this season
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Manchester United look set to qualify for next season's Champions League, but Brentford have their own European aspirations as the pair prepare to lock horns in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Monday.
Barring a late-season collapse, United should be back at Europe's top table next season, with Michael Carrick having seamlessly gone about his business since returning as head coach in January, losing just two of his 12 games in charge.
The Londoners have also been impressing under their rookie boss Keith Andrews and a first-ever European campaign is very much within touching distance for the Bees.
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Team news
United will be boosted by the return of Harry Maguire from suspension, while fellow centre-back Leny Yoro could also come back into the fold following the knock that ruled him out of last weekend's win at Chelsea.
Lisandro Martinez will serve the second game of his three-match ban and the game will come too soon for Patrick Dorgu and Matthijs de Ligt, who are both taking positive steps in their recoveries from injury.
Rico Henry, Vitaly Janelt and Jordan Henderson are all back in training for Brentford, but this match will come too soon for them.
Antoni Milambo and Fabio Carvalho remain long-term absentees, but Joshua Dasilva is on the comeback trail.
The stats
United have lost only two of 12 games since Carrick's return to the club, but one of those losses did come in their last home fixture against Leeds.
The Red Devils have lost back-to-back away games against Brentford, but the Bees are without a win at Old Trafford since February 1937.
Brentford are bidding to complete the league double over United for the first time since the 1936-37 campaign.
The Bees have drawn each of their last five Premier League games and have not been behind in any of their last six top-flight matches.
United captain Bruno Fernandes has provided 18 assists this season, the most of any player in the Premier League, and he is only two behind the competition's all-time record of 20, which is currently held jointly by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne.
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Prediction
United would fancy their chances of winning this game given their consistent form under Carrick, but defeat to Leeds in their last home fixture and Brentford's run of recent draws makes it difficult to back the Red Devils as odds-on favourites.
Goals should be guaranteed, with United having netted in 22 matches on the spin and Brentford boasting 21-goal striker Igor Thiago, who has only been outscored by Erling Haaland in the Premier League this season.
United do not have such a prolific marksman – none of their players have reached double figures in the league – but they do boast the assist king in captain Fernandes, who has provided eight more assists than anyone else in the division.
The Portugal international has six assists in his last six appearances, most recently laying on Matheus Cunha's matchwinner against Chelsea, and he has five games to get the three assists he needs to break the Premier League's all-time record.
Fernandes, who provided an assist in this fixture last season, will certainly fancy his chances of adding to his tally on Monday night.
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